IFEST at a Glance

Project Structure

The iFEST work plan is set up to produce the following main deliverables:

an integration framework for establishing and maintaining tool chains

two prototypical tool chains, for streaming and industrial control applications; supporting the following engineering phases: requirements engineering, analysis, design, implementation, verification and validation, with special emphasis on hw/sw co-design

recommendations for life cycle support

Several industrial case studies will be drivers for the work to be performed in the project, ensuring that the needs of the industrial partners are met by iFEST. The project will use the integration framework to establish two tool chains for industrial control and data streaming. The work is organised in seven work packages, as follows:

Work Package

Work Package Title

Lead Partner

Start month

End month

WP1

Administrative and technical management

ABN

M1

M36

WP2

Integration framework and standardisation

KTH

M1

M36

WP3

Requirements engineering and analysis

VS

M1

M36

WP4

Design and implementation

DUT

M1

M36

WP5

Validation and verification

HON

M1

M36

WP6

Design for life cycle support

SIE

M1

M24

WP7

Industrial cases

TRT

M1

M36

WP1 handles project management issues.

WP2 develops the framework that provides integration technologies for creating tool chains, and handles standardisation issues. WP2 also integrates the partial tool chains provided by WP3-5 into two complete tool chains to be used in WP7.

Each of WP3-WP5 integrates tools into a partial tool chain using the framework and the integration technologies provided by WP2.

WP6 specifies the requirements for and gives recommendations on life cycle support; these requirements must be met by the partial tool chains of WP3-WP5 and the full tool chain of WP2.

WP7 implements the streaming and industrial control applications and assesses the performance of the tool chains: does the framework deliver the functionality required by the industrial cases and do the tool chains provide the anticipated efficiency?